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Discover the power of strategic leadership for Saskatchewan municipalities. Learn how to find, maintain, and communicate a strong vision while driving change and achieving specific goals.

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  1. Agenda • What is Strategic Leadership? • Opportunities for Saskatchewan Municipalities • How Municipal Leaders See Leadership • Going Forward

  2. What is Strategic Leadership?

  3. What is “strategy” • Big A vision of something large (important, valued) • Specific Goals, timeline, outcomes, milestones • Actionable • Allows you to align what happens now with what’s intended for the future

  4. What is “leadership” • Focus Maintaining a vision • Movement Being at the head of the pack • Mentoring • Keeping the pack together

  5. Leading Strategically – 1 • Not about where you are Not management of the status quo (good manager + representative) • About where you plan to be Leading to something new (change) Find the strategic vision – ask: • Status quo ok for our long-term future? • If not, what kind of future do we want? • What do we have to do differently to get to that future vision? (strategies) Make it clear, specific, strong • Goal + Timeline + Benefits

  6. Leading Strategically – 2 • Maintain the vision • Commitment and repetition • Focus on the benefits • Manage towards the vision • Evaluate choices – use the vision as criteria for decision making • Search for opportunities – proactively advance your strategies • Communicate the vision • Repetition – a vision needs to be seen • Celebration – progress revitalizes vision

  7. Summary • What is “Strategy” • Big + Specific + Actionable • What is “Leadership” • Focus + Movement + Mentoring • Leading Strategically • Find the strategic vision • Make it clear, specific, strong • Maintain the vision • Manage towards the vision • Communicate the vision

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